Mercy Death Claims Third Boy in Year
A 26 year old soda clerk, Lawrence Rougeau, is charged with homicide after drowning his five year old stepson Jimmy in a bathtub. He claims the act was mercy driven by fear of his stepson going "crazy." The motive cites influence from recent reports of child abuse.
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New York
Walter Chack
Lawrence Rougeau
Union Square
Jimmy
Jacob Rosenblum
Rougeau
Rockland County
Raymond Repouille
Louis Repouille
Renenille
Repquille
Louis Greenfield
Bronx
Jerry
Rosenblum
James
Police Station Pay Phone Slugs Cause Charge
In St Louis a desk sergeant found 22 slugs in a man’s pockets and three more in a pay phone coin box after he was booked on two traffic charges. The prisoner faces a new charge of using slugs in a coin device.
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St. Louis
Levi Copeland
Peterson's Ointment Advertises Piles Relief
An advertisement claims a million dollars yearly is spent on pile remedies and touts Peterson's Ointment as soothing and fast acting. It promises relief within minutes for 35 cents a box or 60 cents per tube with applicator and offers money back if not delighted.
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Peterson
Foney
Dairy Union Threatens New Milk Strike in New York
Upstate dairy leaders threaten to cut off New York City's milk supply again unless farmers' September returns reflect a price agreement from the last strike. Archie Wright, Dairy Farmers Union chairman, calls the $2.083 per hundredweight price for September a direct challenge and plans protest meetings on October 25 with a strike to start October 26 if checks aren't based on $4.15. The dispute follows a prior nine day boycott that halved the city’s milk supply.
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Albany
Upstate
New York City
Archie Wright
Dairy Farmers Union
Wright
New York
Fiorello LaGuardia
E. M. Harmon
Milk Price Rise Sparks Tension in Class 1 Market
Bloodshed and violence marked the boycott as the minimum price paid to producers for class 1 fluid milk rose on October 1 from 2.60 to 2.82 per hundredweight under amendments to the Federal State order.
Trial Resume In General Motors Anti-Trust Suit
South Bend Indiana reports that 12 Hoosier jurors return to hear the General Motors Corporation and affiliates anti trust case. Judge Lindley had sent them home for rest as the trial may run three months with GM and 17 officials charged over dealer financing. Former dealers testified to contracts cancelled amid financing disputes and sales concerns.
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South Bend
Ind
General Motors Corporation
Walter C. Lindley
Danville
General Motors
G. M
Auto salesman beaten and jailed for car theft plan
Frank Humel, 20, held on assault and robbery charges after confessing to beating 55 year old Harry McGill and binding him in a car trunk to steal a vehicle for a date. McGill was found unconscious in the trunk with binding and taped lips. Police traced the plot to Long Island City. A second report notes a nationwide hunt for an armed man who abducted and stole a plane from Austin Airways in Sudbury Ontario after binding the night watchman.
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New York
Frank Humel
John
Harry McGill
Long Island City
Krogman
Sudbury
Ont
Austin Airways
Lake Ramsay
Here
Kung States Japan Plans U S Conquest
Premier H H Kung tells United Press Japan aims at conquest of China and the United States. He says America may be drawn into the channeled war if Japan controls China’s resources. He adds peace depends on Japan abandoning aggression and honoring the nine power pact.
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Chungking
H. H. Kung
Japan
United States
China
Dr. Kung
United Press
America
Trywanet Hann
State Nurses Meet Opens in Buffalo for Four-Day Conven
The New York State Nurses Association and the New York State League of Nursing Education begin a four day joint convention in Buffalo on October 16 with meetings and sessions planned across nursing education and professional development.
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Buffalo
New York State Nurses Association
New York State League of Nursing Education
AFL Keeps Door Open for ITU Return
Cincinnati Oct. 16 The 79000 members of the International Typographical Union the oldest AFL affiliate were suspended from the AFL for refusing to pay a per capita tax to fund a CIO drive. The council told Green to notify state federations and city councils but did not require immediate disassociation of ITU locals. A Miami meeting in January will consider the issue with a likely chance of return via ITU elections next May.
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Cincinnati
International Typographical Union
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of Ly
A. F. of L
Congress of Industrial Organizations
William Green
Miami
Council
Extradition Battle Begun By Gallogly
Georgia asks Texas to surrender murder suspect Richard Gallogly so he can face life in prison for the holdup murder and other crimes. Attorney General Ellis Arnall presents evidence at an extradition hearing before Governor W Lee O Daniel, noting Gallogly’s “pampered” prison conditions and a demand for justice.
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Austin
Tex
Georgia
Texas
Richard Gallogly
Ellis Arnall
W. Lee O’daniel
Gallogly
Arnall
Atlanta
Galogly
Wealth and prominence stain 1928 Texas bandit case
Gallogly, a student at Ogie Thorpe University in 1928, aided by a companion in a fatal holdup, claims he pleaded guilty and expected a three year release. The friend’s death sentence later became life imprisonment. Gallogly escaped with his wife Oct 6 during transport to prison in Dallas and seeks Texas justice. Georgia seeks extradition of Mrs Gallogly, bonded and free.
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Gallogly
Ogiethorpe University
Becuse
Dallas
Texas
Georgia
New Inhaler Promises Quick Relief From Stuffed Noses
A Vapor Inhaler releases a refreshing penetrating vapor to cut through mucus and ease breathing when nasal passages are blocked by a head cold or sinus irritation. The Vapex Inhaler is described as particularly valuable for comforting relief from cold symptoms.
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Harriett Miller
Colorado Springs
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